diff --git a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
index 3cf5e7c298..af07b01121 100644
--- a/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
+++ b/libretro-common/include/string/stdstring.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright  (C) 2010-2018 The RetroArch team
+/* Copyright  (C) 2010-2019 The RetroArch team
  *
  * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * The following license statement only applies to this file (stdstring.h).
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ static INLINE bool string_is_equal(const char *a, const char *b)
 {
    if (!a || !b)
       return false;
-   return strcmp(a, b) == 0;
+   return !strcmp(a, b);
 }
 
 static INLINE bool string_is_not_equal(const char *a, const char *b)